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24 alternatives to The PayPal Wars

Battles with eBay, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The PayPal Wars launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   PayPal for Business▲148

   Stay on top of your business wherever it takes you!

   2016 · paypal.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Who Owns the Future▲68

   Dare to rethink how we reward people on the internet

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Everything Is Bullshit▲86

   A Book by Priceonomics: The greatest scams on Earth revealed

   2014 · priceonomics.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Pay Me Or Else!▲124

   How to avoid and deal with clients who don’t pay (ebook)

   2015 · thenuschool.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   #GIRLBOSS ▲103

   From eBay to 100 million dollar empire

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   New Market Wizards▲70

   Conversations with America's top traders

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Who Owns the Future?▲66

   The concentration of money and power in our digital networks

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Freemarket▲80

   Domain marketplace from Freelancer.com

   2014 · freemarket.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Everything Store▲81

   Jeff Bezos and the age of Amazon

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Sponsor My Book▲58

    "Creativity For Sale"

    2014 · wanderingaimfully.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Future Crimes▲64

    Inside the Digital Underground

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Human API▲82

    Paypal for health data

    2014 · risk.lexisnexis.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    When To Rob a Bank▲165

    New book from the authors of Freakonomics

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Misfit Economy▲68

    Lessons in creativity from pirates & hackers

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Everything Store▲66

    Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Chaos Monkeys▲72

    An exposé of life inside the tech bubble

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Oversubscribed #5: Deadpool, Ad Blocking, Unit Economics, and Kanye▲73

    Shooting the sh*t on tech & media with Parr and Baptiste.

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Buck Books▲76

    Never pay more than a buck for a book ever again

    2015 · buckbooks.net · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Price of Everything▲61

    Solving the mystery of why we pay what we do

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    OverDrive▲62

    eBook lending for free through public libraries

    2014 · overdrive.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    iFlipd▲66

    Pay-as-you-go eBooks

    2014 · booksrun.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Oversubscribed #6: Yelp & Open Letters, FBI vs. Apple, and Donald Trump's Media Power▲73

    Shooting the sh*t on tech & media with Parr and Baptiste.

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    How Music Got Free▲67

    The end of an industry and the patient zero of piracy

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Who Gets What - And Why▲62

    The hidden world of matchmaking and market design

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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